Derek Jeter leaves final All-Star Game to standing ovation

MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Jeter left the 2014 All-Star Game to a roaring ovation from an enthusiastic Target Field crowd and his fellow All-Stars just before the top of the fourth inning on Tuesday night.

The stadium’s speakers pumped Frank Sinatra’s New York, New York and the National League’s bench emptied onto the field to cheer Jeter as the legendary shortstop tipped his cap to some of his teammates on the field and hugged some more of them in the dugout. After prolonged applause and chanting, Jeter took a curtain call.

(GIF via Fansided.com)

The moment might have lacked the apparent gravity of last year’s All-Star going-away tribute, when Mariano Rivera warmed up alone on the field before his eighth-inning appearance. But Jeter’s sendoff was nonetheless a nice moment for a guy playing in his 14th and final Midsummer Classic.

The Internet agreed:

Great moment for Jeter, so much respect for him, great player but more importantly class act and great role model

The Target Field P.A. played “New York, New York” as Jeter exited the game.

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